Microstructural Evolution in Thin Films of Electronic Materials

Contains reports on eight research projects and a list of publications.National Science FoundationU.S. Air Force - Office of Scientific ResearchJoint Services Electronics Program Contract DAAL03-89-C-0001IBM CorporationHitachi CorporationSemiconductor Research CorporationNational Institutes of Healt

Kinetic Phenomena in Thin Film Electronic Materials

Contains reports on ten research projects.Semiconductor Research Corporation (Grant 83-01-033)National Science Foundation (Grant DMR 81-19285)U.S. Department of Energy (Contract DE-ACO2-82-ER-13019)National Science Foundation (Grant ECS82-05701)International Business Machines, Inc.Dartmouth UniversityJoint Services Electronics Program (Contract DAAG29-83-K-0003

Microstructural Evolution in Thin Films of Electronic Materials

Contains reports on ten research projects.Joint Services Electronics Program Contract DAAL03-89-C-0001National Science FoundationU.S. Air Force - Office of Scientific Research Contract AFOSR 85-0154Semiconductor Research CorporationAT&TInternational Business Machines CorporationNational Institutes of Healt

Microstructural Evolution in Thin Films of Electronic Materials

Contains reports on five research projects and a list of publications and theses.Joint Services Electronics Program Contract DAAL03-89-C-0001Semiconductor Research CorporationNational Science FoundationU.S. Army Research OfficeHitachi LimitedIBM Corporatio

Development of core entrustable professional activities linked to a competency-based veterinary education framework

Purpose: Despite the adoption of competency-based education in some veterinary schools over the past 15 years, only recently has a concerted effort been directed toward this in veterinary education internationally. Methods: In 2015, educational leaders from the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) member schools came together with a strong call to action to create shared tools for clinical competency assessment. Results: This resulted in the formation of the AAVMC Competency-Based Veterinary Education (CBVE) Working Group, which then embarked on the creation of a shared competency framework and the development of eight core entrustable professional activities (EPAs) linked to this framework. Conclusions: This paper will report on the development of these EPAs and their integration with the concurrently-developed CBVE Framework

Kinetic Phenomena in Thin Film Electronic Materials

Contains reports on nine research projects.National Science Foundation (Grant ECS85-06565)Semiconductor Research CorporationU.S. Air Force - Office of Scientific Research (Grant AFOSR-85-0154)National Science Foundation (Grant DMR81-19285)Sony International Business Machines, Inc.Dartmouth UniversityJoint Services Electronics Program (Contract DAAG29-83-K-0003)Semiconductor Research Corporatio

Kinetic Phenomena in Thin Film Electronic Materials

Contains reports on twelve research projects.National Science Foundation (Grant ECS 85-06505)U.S. Air Force - Office of Scientific Research (Contract AFOSR-85-0154)Semiconductor Research Corporation (Contract 87-SP-080)National Science Foundation (Grant ECS 85-06565)International Business Machines, Inc.Sony International Business Machines, Inc.National Science Foundation (Grant DMR 84-18718)International Business Machines, Thomas J. Watson Research CenterJoint Services Electronics Program (Contract DAALO3-86-K-0002)National Science Foundation (Grant DMR 85-06030)Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (Contract DL-H-261827)Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Inc

Microstructural Evolution in Thin Films of Electronic Materials

Contains reports on eight research projects.National Science Foundation (Grant ECS 85-06565)U.S. Air Force - Office of Scientific Research (Contract AFOSR 85-0154)National Science Foundation-Materials Research Laboratory(Grant DMR 81-19285)National Science Foundation (Grant DMR 85-06030)International Business Machines, Inc. Faculty Development AwardMitsui Career Development AwardInternational Business Machines, Inc.Semiconductor Research Corporation (Contract 86-05-080)Joint Services Electronics Program (Contract DAAG-29-83-K-0003)Charles Stark Draper LaboratoryDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Inc

New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution.

Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links to cardiometabolic traits, here we conduct genome-wide association meta-analyses of traits related to waist and hip circumferences in up to 224,459 individuals. We identify 49 loci (33 new) associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index (BMI), and an additional 19 loci newly associated with related waist and hip circumference measures (P < 5 × 10(-8)). In total, 20 of the 49 waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI loci show significant sexual dimorphism, 19 of which display a stronger effect in women. The identified loci were enriched for genes expressed in adipose tissue and for putative regulatory elements in adipocytes. Pathway analyses implicated adipogenesis, angiogenesis, transcriptional regulation and insulin resistance as processes affecting fat distribution, providing insight into potential pathophysiological mechanisms

The James Webb Space Telescope Mission

Twenty-six years ago a small committee report, building on earlier studies, expounded a compelling and poetic vision for the future of astronomy, calling for an infrared-optimized space telescope with an aperture of at least $4m$. With the support of their governments in the US, Europe, and Canada, 20,000 people realized that vision as the $6.5m$ James Webb Space Telescope. A generation of astronomers will celebrate their accomplishments for the life of the mission, potentially as long as 20 years, and beyond. This report and the scientific discoveries that follow are extended thank-you notes to the 20,000 team members. The telescope is working perfectly, with much better image quality than expected. In this and accompanying papers, we give a brief history, describe the observatory, outline its objectives and current observing program, and discuss the inventions and people who made it possible. We cite detailed reports on the design and the measured performance on orbit.Comment: Accepted by PASP for the special issue on The James Webb Space Telescope Overview, 29 pages, 4 figure